In recent months, a group of researchers conducted a secret experiment on Reddit to see how artificial intelligence can be used to influence human opinion. Now, Reddit says it is considering legal action. Via NBC News. #Reddit #AI #Bots #Tech #Technology
During court proceedings in Google's ongoiong antitrust trial, CEO Sundar Pichai expressed optimism about Gemini becoming part of Apple Intelligence as early as this year. Via [@9to5mac]( ). #AI #AppleIntelligence #Google #WWDC #Tech #Technology
Microsoft said it would retain the option to sue the U.S. if it is ordered to suspend European cloud operations amid concerns that services could get caught up in a transatlantic trade war. Via [@politico]( ). #Tariffs #Microsoft #EU #Tech #Technology #Cloud
Christoph Schell, Intel’s EVP and chief commercial officer, is leaving the company after two years in the role. Read more at [@Techcrunch]( ). #Intel #Tech #Technology
Tech Dirt's @npub14j85...pjuf says that President Donald Trump answers questions in the same way as some AI bots: "The facts don’t matter, the language choices are a mess, but they are all designed to present a plausible-sounding answer to the question, based on no actual knowledge, nor any concern for whether or not the underlying facts are accurate." He provides examples of when that's happened, and asks Google's Gemma2 to answer questions as if they are "the President of the largest country on earth ... a blatant narcissist who believes he can do no wrong." Masnick says: "What’s particularly notable is that the AI’s response is actually more coherent than Trump’s — it maintains a more consistent narrative structure while hitting the same rhetorical points. This suggests that Trump’s responses are even less constrained by reality than a typical LLM’s output." #Tech #Technology #ChatGPT #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #LLMs #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump
Amazon is apparently backtracking from a report earlier today that said the retail giant would post tariff prices next to the cost of its products. The move comes after President Trump reportedly called Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and after the White House called it a "hostile and political act." Via [@theverge]( ). #Amazon #Tariffs #JeffBezos #DonaldTrump #Tech #Technology
AI-generated computer code is rife with references to non-existent third-party libraries, creating a golden opportunity for supply-chain attacks that poison legitimate programs. Read more at [@ArsTechnica]( ). #AI #Coding #LLM #Tech #Technology
If it feels like ChatGPT is laying on the flattery a little thick, you're not the only one who's noticed. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the latest batch of updates made to its GPT-4o model have made it too much of a people pleaser. Via [@cnet]( ). #ChatGPT #OpenAI #AI #SamAltman #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #Technology
More than three decades ago, the BBC envisioned what today's consumer technology would look like — and their predictions were somehow both astonishingly accurate and hilariously misfired. Read more at [@Futurism]( ). #Nostalgia #Future #Tech #Technology
The crowdfunding site Kickstarter is introducing a “Tariff Manager tool” that will allow creators to add extra charges to projects that were already fully funded in order to deal with the higher and unexpected costs of the president’s global trade war. Read more at [@404media]( ). #Tariffs #TradeWar #Kickstarter #Crowdfunding #Tech #Technology